Aforia multispiralis

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Aforia multispiralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Aforia
Species:
A. multispiralis
Binomial name
Aforia multispiralis
Dell, 1990
Synonyms[1]

Danilacarina elenae Bozzetti, 1997

Aforia multispiralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1]

Description[edit]

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species is found in the cold waters of the South Orkneys, the South Shetland Islands, Kerguelen Island and the Antarctic Peninsula.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Aforia multispiralis Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • Bozzetti L. (1997) Description of a new genus and a new species (Gastropoda: Turridae, Turriculinae) from the Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean / Descrizione di un nuovo genere ed una nuova specie (Gastropoda: Turridae, Turriculinae) dalle Isole Kerguelen, Oceano Indiano meridionale. World Shells 23: 42–44
  • Wiese V. (2001) Comments on a "new" turrid species from Kerguelen. Schriften zur Malakozoologie 18: 33–34.

External links[edit]

  • "Aforia multispiralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.